Dan Jackson was born in 1925 in South America, Guyana. He was an actor, known for Mysterious Island (1961), playing Cpl. Neb Nugent. The film was set during the Civil War where a group of Union soldiers and two Confederates end up on a strange Pacific island. Dan is also known for A High Wind in Jamaica, directed by Alexander Mackendrick where he played a pirate. Other credits include: Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) and The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970).